Chongqing to build 15-bln-yuan film industry park

The metropolis of Chongqing in
southwest China will invest 15 billion yuan (2.17 billion U.S.
dollars) to build a film and television industry park in a scenic
mountainous area.

The park, named after China's Belt
and Road Initiative, will include a film shooting base, a tourist
town, a theme park, a training center, and offices for cultural
enterprises and their financiers, said Tan Nianshen, the project
manager.

Construction of the park, located
in mountainous Wulong County, will begin in early 2017. Partners in
about a dozen foreign countries will participate in the operation
of projects including the theme park and the tourist town.

Tan said the park will serve as a
platform to promote exhibitions, boost exchanges and cooperation
among Chinese and foreign film enterprises, and integrate the
traditional sector with emerging industries of online
entertainment, gaming, virtual reality and augmented reality
technologies. Endi